Bullet



BULLET.

Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

1772/6 i521 j@ ag (N0 Model.)

PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER T. LOYD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BULLET.

O SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,653, ated January 4, 1887.

Application filed January 20, 1886. Serial No. 189,118. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ',I. LoYn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, iu the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bullets for Rifles and other Fire-Arms, of which t-he following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in 1o bulletsxin which a combination of paper-pulp or papier-mache and lead, or some ot-her metal or combination of metals, is used in the manufacture; and the objects of my invention are, irst, to provide bullets which,while retaining I5 a uniform length and caliber, may be made of various Weights; second, to dispense with the necessity of any patch, such as is commonly now used; third, to provide a bullet that may have the greater proportion of its weight at 2o its forward end or distributed throughout its length. I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like let-ters throughdut.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a bullet constructed according to my invention. A represents a core of lead or other suitable metal, or combination of metals, shaped substantially as shown in the drawings, so as toA 3o afford a rm hold for the covering or easing B, which is made of paper-pulp, papiermach, or other suitable composition. C represents the base of the bullet, which may be cup-shaped, as shown in this ligure, or fiat, as

shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6. y

' Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of a similar bullet, but'with an elongated core extending the entire length of the bullet. Fig. 3 represents an outside view of a bullet of simi- 4o lar construction to those shown in Fig. 1, 2, or 5. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view of a bullet similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 1, but having a dat instead of a'cupshaped base, and also having canules let into the side for the purpose of holding a suitable lubricant; Fig. 5 is the same as Fig. 1, ex-

cept asto the base, which is flat'in Fig. 5 and cup-shaped in Fig. l. Fig. 6 Arepresents a bullet constructed almost entirely of lead or 5o other suitable metal or metals, with but a thin covering of paper-pulp or papier-mache, to

perform the oftice of an ordinary patch, and intended to be used when a heavy bullet is required.

The core A may b'c shaped as shown in Fig. 55 l, or it may be varied by elongating or shortening its stem, or increasing or diminishing -the diameter thereof, the object being in each case to increase or lessen the weight of the bullet, as may be desired, and to distribute 6o the weight throughout the length of the bullet, or to concentrate it toward the forward end. The covering or casing B is forced around the` core A under sufiicient pressure to make it homogeneous.' This is attained by 65 the use of suitable 'presses and dies, to give it the required form and density. The core may be either molded or swaged.

In constructing bullets according to my invention I prefer the use of paper-pulp for the 7o covering or casing; but any other suitable composition maybe used, and the covering or casing B may be made of waterproofed material. k

I am aware that a detachable paper band and sabot and a hard-metal iianged core have been used with a leaden or soft-metal projectile, and do not therefore claim the same as of my invention. y

I do not claim a bullet having aheavy body 8c portion provided with a light steel point and a cast-iron or wooden ring mounted on a-rearward extension or core, as shown in English Patent No. 2,495 of 1854; nor do I claim a projectile comprising an iron or steel core and 85.

attached rings or tubes of felt,'wood, leather,

or papier-mache having a diameter somewhat greater than the front of the projectile. As shown in the sectional views, it will be seen that my form of core, D, whether extending 9o partly or entirely through the casing or covering, is enlarged in cross-section at its rear end, so that the casing or covering when compressed thereon is firmly secured against removal, and this without the use of extraneous secu ring devices.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Batent 1s A bullet consisting ot' an integral soft-metal 100 base of thepoint on curved lines', anda papien' fixed my signature in the presence of two witmaoh covering firmly seated upon the core nesses.

and retained by the lateral expansions thereof,

and forming in its general outline the body ALEX' T LOYD 5 portion of the bullet, substantially as speoi- Witnesses:

fied. E. C. J. CLEAVIN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afi CARL R. SHERWOOD. 

